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Landscape Gardening 



the northwest by the house, and from the north and north- 

 east by masses of trees and evergreens, though a glade to the 

 extreme north admits a view of a very pleasing little hollow 

 in the pleasure grounds. 



Small vases on pedestals (4) alternate with circular flower 

 beds on either side of the walk to the flower garden and with 

 similar beds round the margin of the large circle, 5 being 

 reserved for a basin of water, which might also receive a 

 small fountain. The names of the specimen plants, pointed 

 out by figures, may possibly interest some reader and are 

 therefore inserted. 



6. Andromeda floribimda. 



7. Spircea Lindleyana. 



8. Daphne ponlica. 



g. Hybrid Rhododendron. 



10. Cotoneaster microphylla. 



11. Weigela rosea. 



12. Tree Ivy. 



13. Weeping Elm. 



14. Yucca gloriosa. 



15. Yellow-berried Holly. 



16. Ribes sanguinenm. 



17. Ilex balearica. 



18. Erica midtiflora. 



19. Scarlet Thorn. 



20. Golden Holly. 



21. Cedrns deodora. 



22. Irish Yews. 



23 . A ticuha japonica. 



24. Narrow-leaved Alaternus. 



25. Double Pink Thorn. 



26. Hodgins's Holly. 



27. Standard Weeping Cherry. 



28. Cryptonieria japonica. 



29. Silver-blotched Holly. 



30. Ilex marginata. 



31. Perncttya nmcronata. 

 2,2. Gaulthcria shallon. 

 2,:^. Rhododendron. 



34. Variegated Prickly Holly. 



35. Berber is aqni folium. 



36. Ilex Madeirensis. 



37. Araucaria imbricata. 



38. Double Furze. 



39. Cupresstis macrocarpa. 



Holmefield contains about twenty-four acres and is agree- 

 ably situated in the Aigburth valley, on a comparatively pri- 

 vate road, and with views of the bolder parts of the Welsh 

 hills to the southwest. 



For a secluded flower garden, apart from the ordinary lawn 

 • and either enclosed by shrubs or taken out of the north side 

 of a kitchen garden that is not walled in, the design, fig. 57, 



